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Entertainment Weekly - The best videogames of 2020

SolidSnakex

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While other entertainment industries were suffering the costs that came with an uncontrolled pandemic, videogames were booming. It's not a surprise, considering most of America was looking for something (anything!) to do as they hunkered down for what would become months of homestay. The positive? New audiences, both gamers and non-gamers alike, were introduced to the capabilities of gaming to tell impactful stories, present vibrant digitally rendered vistas, and conjure a peaceful reprieve by curating your own private tropical island of adorable animals. (That last one came courtesy of the new Animal Crossing.)

As 2020 comes to an end and hope returns for what a new year can bring, we honor the games that held us over these past nine months.
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1.) The Last of Us Part II
2.) Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3.) Final Fantasy VII Remake
4.) Spiritfarer
5.) Hades
6.) DOOM Eternal
7.) Ghost of Tsushima
8.) Demon's Souls
9.) Assassin's Creed Valhalla
10.) Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

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The best videogames of 2020

Here are our picks for best videogames of 2020 (a.k.a. the games that kept us sane these past nine months of lockdowns).
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My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

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May 19, 2020
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ok so with all these publications throwing in on video games when is better home and gardens releasing their best videogames of 2020 list
 
Dest

Dest

Has seen more 10s than EA ever will
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Yeah, hey. I'm here. It's me, not Geoff, just to say
13 Sentinels, robbed yet again.
 
-Le Monde-

-Le Monde-

Avenger
Dec 8, 2017
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No RE3. :(
I enjoyed the game, but it would've been much better had they given it the same love they gave RE2.
 
Jade1962

Jade1962

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Was good to own a playstation this year. Really overall a lot of great games came out this year. Usually gen transitions years are hit and miss but gaming has been great this year.
 
dodo667418

dodo667418

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With all the nominations and inclusion on top lists of Hades, I finally bought the game now that it's discounted on Switch right now. Man, what a fun little game this is. I loved Dead Cells, but I might legit prefer Hades. It might just become my favorite rogue lite ever with the superb story, brillant art and really motivating gameplay. I've been playing it all day. Good to see it on another list, seems to be deserving its spot.

In general a solid list, I can agree with many spots. As I haven't played Animal Crossing, I would switch it for Genshin Impact that is easily my most played game of the year. It has a lot of flaws, but it's worth it for the initial exploration and main quests alone. Very fun game, can't wait for the new content next week.
 
Cubo

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Surprised to see Spiritfarer in almost every year-end lists lately. I felt is went by rather unnoticed when it came out. Is it that that good then? Might have to play it in the end.
 

SPEA

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Where are the Ori nominations? Did I play a different game then everyone else?

Game is absolutely GOTY worthy.
 
Toth

Toth

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Love to see the FF7 Remake recognition. It wasn't the best game of the year but it's certainly in the top 3-5.
 
Temascos

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Seeing all the 13 Sentinels mentions in ResetEra makes me think I should try it, it didn't look like my sort of game in the footage I saw but that was a long time ago (I think the first trailer).

On topic, well done to TLOU2 (Again) and Sony as a whole, their games are getting a lot of recognition with Miles, Demons, Ghost backing up TLOU2. More props need to be given to Dreams :(
 
KodaRuss

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Good to see Demon's Souls on there. I have been confused by its omission from many of the lists we have seen.
 
CarlSagan94

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SPEA said:
Where are the Ori nominations? Did I play a different game then everyone else?

Game is absolutely GOTY worthy.
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Yep, I look at all these 'best of 2020' games and I almost always see Ori omitted, even in the honourable mentions sections.

The game is an absolute masterpiece and seeing it being snubbed kind of sucks. In the end its pretty irrelevant to me but I still wish the developers would get more recognition for the game they crafted. I wonder if the game releasing at the same time as Doom and especially Animal Crossing made people forget it.
 
KingK

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Pretty solid list, imo.

I really need to get Spiritfarer. If looks really appealing to me, and it's getting a lot of love on these lists.
 
Nephilim

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Good list.

Never came around to get FF7 Remake, although i enjoyed the demo immensely back then. It seems pretty divisive on this board, which makes me hesitant to buy it.
 
Empyrean Cocytus

Empyrean Cocytus

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Temascos said:
Seeing all the 13 Sentinels mentions in ResetEra makes me think I should try it, it didn't look like my sort of game in the footage I saw but that was a long time ago (I think the first trailer).

On topic, well done to TLOU2 (Again) and Sony as a whole, their games are getting a lot of recognition with Miles, Demons, Ghost backing up TLOU2. More props need to be given to Dreams :(
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It's definitely an acquired taste as it's visual novel meets tower defense meets anime AS FUCK. But if you're into all that shit, grab it, you won't regret it.
 
Version 3.0

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Empyrean Cocytus said:
It's definitely an acquired taste as it's visual novel meets tower defense meets anime AS FUCK. But if you're into all that shit, grab it, you won't regret it.
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That sounds fucking terrible, to be honest.

But, it's from VanillaWare, which I didn't know until the "googled and nope" post earlier made me curious. So I ordered it. We shall see. Wouldn't be the first time I liked something out of my normal lane.
 
Mona

Mona

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Conal said:
I keep hearing good things about this, maybe I should ... *Googles* Nah, I'm not playing that.
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shame

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